He was found not guilty of two other sexual assault charges regarding the same female sailor.

Testimony during his Article 32 hearings revealed an alleged pattern of conduct and contact involving young female sailors. Witnesses said he told stories about being involved in covert combat operations. In an unsworn statement in the courtroom in the July hearing, he claimed to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, deafness in his right ear and dysfunction in his central nervous system.